Adjustable hanger for cabinet radiators



' June 1931- J. c. .WILLCOX ADJUSTABLE HANGER FOR CABINET RADIATORS 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Aug. 7 1929 June 16, 1931. J. c. WILLC OX v ADJUSTABLE HANGER FOR CABINET RADIATORS 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Aug. 7, 1929 Patented June 16, 1931 Price Mrs,

JAY C. VVILIJCOX, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR TO IIICQUAY RADIATOR, CORPORATION, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE ADJUSTABLE HANG-ER FOR CABINET RADIATORS Application filed August 7, 1929. Serial No. 384,192.

My invention has for its object the provision of an adjustable hanger intended for general use but especially well adapted for use in mounting cabinet radiators on walls and like supports.

To the above end the invention consists of the novel devices hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings Fig. 1 is a view partly in front elevation and partly in vertical section showing a cabinet radiator mounted on a wall structure by means of the adjustable hangers;

Fig. 2 is a view taken partly in end elevation and partly in vertical section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the cabinet radiator removed from the wall structure and showing the lag screws in section; and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view of one of the adjustable hangers, as shown in Fig. 2.

For the purpose of showing the adjustable hanger as used in mounting a cabinet radiator on a wall or other support there s illustrated 1n the drawlngs a wall structure comprising laterally spaced uprights 6 to,

which lath and plaster 7 are applied. The cabinet radiator mounted on the wall structure 67 includes a rectangular sheet metal cabinet 8 in which is mounted a radiator 9. This cabinet 8 has an open bottom, affording an air intake for the upward circulation of air throught the radiator 9, and a displaceable cover 10 to afford access to the interior of the said cabinet. In the front of the cabinet 8, above the radiator 9, is a grill 11 through which the air having passed upward through the radiator 9 is discharged from the cabinet 8.

Referring now in detail to the adjustable hanger, the same includes a pair of horizontally spaced lag screws 12 screwed into certain of the uprights 6 of the wall structure. In place of the lag screws 12 nutequipped headed bolts may be used but, in which case, they would have'to be secured to the uprights 6 before the lath and plaster were applied thereto.

On the back of the cabinet 8 on the inside thereof is a horizontal way 13, which, as shown, extends substantially the full length thereof; Formed in the back of the cabinet 8 within the way 13 is a pair of Wide horizontal slots lelocated one near each end of said'cabinet. A pair of lockplates 15 are slidably mountedin the way 13 foradjustment longitudinally of the cabinet 8 and toward or from each other. The'way 13 securely; holds the lock plates 15 against movement in all directions except endwise sliding movement toward or from each other. Formed in the center of each lock plate 15 is vertical slotslti of such width as to just receive the respective lag screw 12. The lower end portions of the slots 16 are enlarged to form circles of such diameter as to freely permit the passage of the heads of the lag screws 12 therethrough. Said vertical slots 16; are coincident. with the slots 11 and transversely intersect the same.

By placing the cabinet 8 against the wall 6-7 with the lock plates 15 positioned to align the enlarged lower end portions of the slots 16'with the lag screws 12,the heads of said screws will be projected therethrough. With the lag screws 12-tl1us positioned in the slots 16, a downward movement of the cabinet 8 will cause the bodies of said lag screws to enter the upper end portions of said slots 16 with the heads of the lag screws 12 at the inner faces of the lock plates 15 thereby causing said lock plates to interlock with the lag screws 12. During the application of the cabinet radiator to the wall structure, the cover 10 will be removed from the cabinet 8 to afford access to the interior thereof whereby the lock plates 15 may be slid in the way 18 to align the same with the fixed lag screws 12. The lock plates 15 may be readily adjusted to align the same with lag screws or other headed anchor members set different distances apart.

It is evident that after the lock plates 15 are interlocked with the lag screws 12, the cabinet 8 may be readily adjusted horizon tally on the wall structure within the range of the slots 14, by sliding the same on said lock plates.

When the cabinet 8 is properly positioned on the wall structure 67, the lag screws 12 may be further screwed into the uprights 6 to cause the heads thereof to impinge against the upper member of the way 13 and thereby frictionally clamp the lock plates 15 in the Way 13 and to the lag screws 12 and thereby rigidly secure the cabinet radiator to the wall structure.

By thus mounting a cabinet radiator the same may be set at any desired elevation above the floor of a building and very easily and quickly mounted on a wall or other support or removed therefrom.

What I claim is:

1. The combination with an upright sup port and an object to be mounted thereon, 01 a fixed anchor on the support, said object having an aperture through which the anchor projects with clearance to permit a limited horizontal adjustment of the object on the support, a slide mounted in a way on the object for horizontal sliding movement, covering the aperture and having a coincident keyhole slot through which the anchor projects and has interlocking engagement with the slide.

2. The combination with an upright support and an object to be mounted thereon, of a pair of horizontally spa ed fixed anchors on the support, said object having a pair of horizontally spaced apertures through which the anchors project with clearance to permit a limited horizontal adjustment of the object on the support, a pair of slides moun ed in ways on the support for independent horizontal sliding movement in respect to each other, covering the apertures and having coincident keyhole slots through which the anchors project and have interlocking engagement with the slides.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature.

JAY C. WILLCOX. 

